After 50 years in showbiz, Donny Osmond can still send ladies’ hearts a flutter like few others.

That fact was obvious during the West Coast premiere of "Donny & Marie: Christmas in Los Angeles" currently running through Dec. 23 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. (A previous version went to Broadway in 2010, as well as Detroit, Chicago and Toronto the following year. After this run, it heads to the U.K. for an 11-date tour, launching from London's O2 Arena on Jan. 20.)

Donny, still debonair at 55, thrilled longtime local fan Pearl by asking her to come onstage. The Orange resident, seated in the front row, received a flower embedded with a camera lens that documented the moment, as well as an autograph.

Marie is no slouch in the excitability department, either. The sexy singer, 53, invited a happy-yet-nervous male audience member to be her song-and-dance partner. Their off-kilter duet on “Blue Christmas” was hilarious. Later, Marie ventured into the crowd and planted big red lipstick kisses on the heads of various men.

The Osmond siblings rarely seem to be away from the spotlight for long. He hosts a radio show, guests on Susan Boyle’s new album "Standing Ovation" and is working on a new studio effort (reportedly with Todd Rundgren) due next year. She can be seen weekday mornings on "Marie!," a new Hallmark Channel talk show.

Tuesday night in Hollywood, the two-hour spectacular featured snippets or entire portions of nearly 50 songs that spanned the dynamic duo’s entire career, right up to the title track from their eponymous 2011 country/pop album. Half the selections were holiday-themed.

For those who haven’t caught the pair’s ongoing engagement at the Flamingo Las Vegas, their robust vocals here, along with dazzling costume changes, moving set pieces and dance routines, were the next best thing.

Backed by a sleek nine-piece band, plus eight dancers, Donny and Marie opened with the high-energy “We Need a Little Christmas,” popularized by the late Andy Williams. The show’s pacing was top-notch (as you’d expect from variety-show veterans) and the good-natured banter included plenty of references to Marie’s NutriSystem affiliation and both of their stints on "Dancing with the Stars." I could have done without so many medleys, but that’s a minor quibble.

Several older numbers were accompanied by archival television clips, such as Marie’s “Paper Roses” (she only sang a couple lines), Donny’s “Puppy Love” (there were audible squeals from middle-age women) and the Osmond Family’s “Yo-Yo” (Donny ably recreated an old routine with the male dancers).

In the second show segment, his moving version of “Moon River” was a tribute to entertainer Williams, who passed away in September and gave the Osmonds’ career a jump-start in the '60s.

Elsewhere, a major part of the show was devoted to Donny and Marie’s various star turns on Broadway over the years, spotlighting selections from "The King & I," "Beauty and the Beast," "Little Johnny Jones," "The Sound of Music," "Wicked" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."

Each had their shining moments. Marie’s came with the Requiem Mass' operatic “Pie Jesu”; Donny impressed most with a sizzling, electronic-tinged revamp of his big late '80s hit “Solider of Love” and a fun mash-up that incorporated Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite,” Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration,” Psy’s “Gangnam Style” and a melody from the Stones’ “Start Me Up.”

One pleasant surprise involved the pair in a duet nod to the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s annual holiday extravaganzas at Gibson Amphitheatre. They melded “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” with “Rock This Town,” “Jump, Jive ’n’ Wail” and “This Cat’s on a Hot Tin Roof.”

All in all, "Christmas in Los Angeles" is highly recommended.

The Pantages production runs Tuesdays-Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 2 and 8, and Sundays at 1, through Dec. 23. Tickets: $25-$128. Recommended for ages 8 and up; no one under 5 admitted.

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